Experience Ability: Removing Barriers

Experience Ability: Removing Barriers is a nationwide training series hosted once a month in the TARGET Center and streamed online to registered attendees. The TARGET Center will host a series of guest presenters from a variety of organizations with experience in removing barriers for individuals with disabilities.

Subscribe to the TARGET Center podcasts on iTunes, Google Play, or SoundCloud and look forward to a companion podcast interview on how removing barriers paved the way for success for individuals with disabilities.

Emily Ladau, Editor in Chief of the Rooted in Rights Blog, joins us to share her story of removing barriers through digital storytelling exclusively on disability rights issues. Along the way, we discuss disability portrayal in media, the hidden benefits of telework and the latest on the accessible rap scene.

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Join the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) for a training on the development of their successful disability internship program and how AAPD utilized intentional design to ensure full access and intersectional inclusion.

Josh Christianson from PEAT joins us to tell the story behind TalentWorks, an online resource for accessible eRecruiting. Along the way we discuss Josh's career, inclusive galaxies far far away, and an aptly named job seeker who made a big difference by being bold.

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Join us as we share best practices and resources for improving access to human resource systems and applications for all job seekers. By learning about proven methods to remove barriers for individuals with disabilities, we can ensure that the USDA and other workplaces empower all employees to utilize their full ability.